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1081. Gnr. Parker, Ivor Ernest

Gunner

Date of Birth: 9/8/1892, Swansea
Occupation: Clerk
1908 Serv. No: 1081
1917 Serv. No: 725419
Service O/S: Salonika, Egypt & Palestine (NEWS)
Awards: BWM. VIC.

Personal Details

WORKING NOTES

Born 9/8/1892, Swansea. Parents - Samuel (Police Sergeant/Inspector) & Mary Jane

Bapt 9/4/1895, St Mary Swansea. Add-Terrace Rd. Dads occ-Police Sergeant

1901 - 45 Norfolk St, Swansea. 8yo. W parents (Dad-Inspector of police) & 4 older sibs

1905 - Adm St Thomas's Council School for Boys 23/1/05, DOB 9/8/1892, Add-8 Morriston Terrace. Prev school Martin Str Board. Left 8/8/06

1911 - 2 Nichol St. Swansea. 18yo. Occ-Docks Clerk. W parents & 2 older sibs

1921 - 2 Nicholl St. Swansea. 28y10m. Occ-Railway Clerk, Swansea Harbour Board, W parents and older sis

1921 - Married Janet Mark, 31 Oct 1921, St Marys Swansea. Add- 2 Nicholl Street. Occ-Clerk

1939 - 2 Nicholl St. Swansea. DOB 9/8/1892. Occ-Chief Clerk (Docks Railway). W Janet

1957 - Died aged 64, 16 Jul 1957, Add-37 Gwarycaeau Penycae, Port Talbot. Survived by Janet

Address:
2 Nicholl Street
Swansea (CENS)

Military Service

No SR

Enl 2/1/1915, likely Swansea.

Served Palestine, Egypt & Balkans (NEWS) - w Territorials, unit unknown

Ivor E Parker, is in hospital in Salonika suffering from sickness.

South Wales Evening Post, 15/2/1917 Newspapers.com

Nothing else

Sources: (ROLL)(MIC)

Explanation Of Abbreviations

Awards

  • 14/15 – 1914/15 Star
  • BWM – British War Medal
  • VIC – Victory Medal
  • SWB – Silver War Badge
  • TFEM – Territorial Force (1908-1921)
  • TEM – Territorial Efficiency Medal (1921-1930)
  • TFWM – Territorial Force War Medal

Gallantry

  • MID – Mention In Dispatches
  • LG – London Gazette
  • MM – Military Medal
  • DCM – Distinguished Conduct Medal

Sources

  • ROLL – Medal Roll for British War Medal and Victory Medal (Ancestry.co.uk)
  • MIC – Medal Index Cards (Ancestry.co.uk)
  • SR – Service Record (Ancestry.co.uk)
  • SR-F – Service Record (FindMyPast.co.uk)
  • SR-NA – Service Record (National Archives) – officers
  • COMM – Commission letters (National Library of Wales)
  • SWB – Silver War Badge Records (Ancestry.co.uk)
  • PENS – Pension Records (Western Front Association/Fold3)
  • CWGC – Commonwealth War Grave Commission
  • RAA – Royal Artillery Attestations 1883 -1942 (FindMyPast.co.uk)
  • NEWS – Newspapers
  • CENS – Census Records (Ancestry.co.uk & FindMyPast.co.uk)
  • BFB – Briton Ferry Boys at the Front Fund Committee Records (swansea.gov.uk)
  • FAM – Family Records
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